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ReviewNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Synthesis of space-time wave packets using correlated frequency comb and spatial field.

Alan E Willner, Xinzhou Su, Yue Zuo, Yingning Wang, Zile Jiang, Amir Minoofar, Hongkun Lian, Zixun Zhao, Abdulrahman Alhaddad, Ruoyu Zeng

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Review in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Special issue on spatiotemporal optical fields.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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10 authors.

Alan E WillnerDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Xinzhou SuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-4475
Yue ZuoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Yingning WangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Zile JiangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Amir MinoofarDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Hongkun LianDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Zixun ZhaoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Abdulrahman AlhaddadDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Ruoyu ZengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shaping transverse degrees of freedom across different temporal frequency spectra has unlocked new possibilities for realizing a wide variety of novel spatiotemporal phenomena. In particular, using the discrete frequencies of optical frequency combs for spatiotemporal synthesis enables precise spatial separation and control of individual spectral lines, thereby facilitating the experimental generation of space-time wave packets (STWPs). This review explores the theoretical investigation and experimental demonstration of versatile STWPs synthesized using correlated frequency comb lines and spatial fields, including the following: (a) STWPs exhibiting dynamic evolution of spatial properties; (b) STWPs with customized group velocities; and (c) longitudinal control over the dynamic evolution of STWPs.

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frequency combspace-time wave packetsspatiotemporalstructured light

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PMID40182786
PMCPMC11964142

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